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But, in February, 1861, in a letter to John S. Littell, of Philadelphia, while he deplored secession, he strongly defended slavery. He died in Tallahassee, Florida, September 14, 1862.

Campbell, Robert, born in Virginia, in 1755- He was engaged in the Indian fight- ing on the borders of Virginia, and in the revolutionary war he reached the rank of colonel. He commanded a regiment at King's Mountain. For forty years he was a magistrate in X'irginia, and in 1825 re- moved to Tennessee. He died in Knoxville, Tennessee, February, 1832.

Edwards, John, born in Stafford county. Virginia, in 1755, brother of Benjamin Ed- wards. He removed to what afterwards became Kentucky, in 1780, where he entered 23,000 acres of land; was a member of the Virginia legislature, 1781-85, 1795, 1796- 1800; and a member of the Virginia con- vention that ratified the Federal constitu- tion. He was a delegate to the different conventions assembled to establish the limits of Kentucky, 1785-88; also to the con- vention of 1792 that framed the Kentucky constitution. He represented Kentucky in the United States senate, October 24, 1791, to March 3, 1795. He died in Stafford county, Virginia, 1837.

Graham, George, born at Dumfries, Vir- ginia, about 1772; was graduated at Colum- bia College in 1790, and studied law. He settled to practice in Dumfries, but later n;oved to Fairfax county. In the war of 1812 he organized and commanded the "Fairfax Light Horse" company. When Gen. Armstrong resigned as secretary of war, in 1814, Graham was made chief clerk

of the war department, under Monroe, who had charge of both the departments of state and war, and Graham performed mo£t of the duties of secretary until Monroe's tlec- tion as President. In 1818 Secretary of War J. C. Calhoun sent Graham to Texas to in- spect Gen. Lallemand's settlement on the Trinity river. Upon his return, Graham was made president of the Washington branch of the Bank of the United States. He rendered important service in this con- nection, especially in closing up the "In- dian factorage" matter, saving the govern- ment a large amount of money. In 1823 he was made commissioner of the land office, and served as such until his death at Wash- ington, August, 1830.

Brown, Samuel, born in Rockbridge county, \'irginia, January 30, 1769, son of Rev. John Brown, who came to Virginia from the North of Ireland early in the eighteenth century. He graduated at Dick- inson (Pennsylvania) College, studied med- icine under Dr. Rush, in Philadelphia, then v.ent to Scotland and obtained the degree of doctor of medicine at the University of Aberdeen. He practiced successively in Washington City ; Lexington, Kentucky ; New Orleans, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mis- sissippi. In 1819 he became professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the Transylvania University at Lexington, Ken- tucky, and held the position until 1825. He was distinguished for his application of in- dustrial chemistry to agricultural processes, devised the method of clarifying ginseng for the Chinese market and brought steam into use for the distillation of spirits. He brought the process of lithotrity in surgery from France to the United States. He

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